diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/ephemeral.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/ephemeral.node.spec.ts
index 90174ad322..6a52f0a24f 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/ephemeral.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/ephemeral.node.spec.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe("Waku Message Ephemeral field", () => {
   });
 
   beforeEach(async function () {
-    this.timeout(50_000);
+    this.timeout(15_000);
     nwaku = new Nwaku(makeLogFileName(this));
     await nwaku.start({ filter: true, lightpush: true, store: true });
     waku = await createLightNode({